New ideas for series to watch please.

Well Blue Light was very very strong I thought.
Thank you.

dragonfly - we have really loved Colin from Accounts
Fabulous.

Funny, warm, suspenseful and generally upbeat.

*Thank you

Recently enjoyed 2 films on BBC iPlayer
The Duke and
The Phantom of the Open
Both based on true stories

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries -set in Australia. We binge watched them but I’m not sure where they’re on at the moment.

Thanks again everyone.
Ideas all very welcome.

I’m so pleased to see DALGLIESH is back Fridays on Chanel 5. It’s an English series and he’s a detective but totally different from the normal. My husband used to say he looked like he’d got a poker up his backside but he certainly knows how to solve murders and with the ad breaks I can either choose to record or watch live. It’s a brilliant series and not much swearing so I highly recommend it. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions especially the films, I’ve just watched Phantom of the Open I really enjoyed 🤗

Has anyone said The Red King ? It’s really good.
Also Safe ( harlan coben)
Better Than Us
Good old series like Life On Mars/ Ashes To Ashes
Dalziel And Pasco

We’re watching Dalziel and Pascoe finding it hilarious in parts, such great acting. I don’t know why we haven’t watched it before.
Totally politically incorrect.

Thanks everyone for sharing all your recommendation's.

There’s another old detective series, can’t think of it’s name,
Starring Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby, it’s set near Newcastle and is a really good series set I think in the late 60’s and early 70’s.

Atlantic Crossing, A Small Light

Felix2007

Atlantic Crossing, A Small Light

where can we see these please ?

Just watching "Home Fires" - a "comfortable" (if i can call it that) series set in a village community and centred on the WI during WW11.

I'm enjoying 'Heart Beat' and 'The Bill'. Good Golden Oldies. I find it difficult to hear some of the modern dramas - the diction can be quite poor though probably due to the sound systems used. OR perhaps it's my ears needing attention!!!!

NotSpaghetti

Just watching "Home Fires" - a "comfortable" (if i can call it that) series set in a village community and centred on the WI during WW11.

We loved this series. Such a shame that they only produced a couple of series. I’ve downloaded the book so that I can read what happens.

Puzzlelove I'd read that a 3rd series was planned but because of the demographics of watchers was almost exclusively older people they couldn't justify the cost.

No idea how accurate that is...
But it does explain the ending of series 2

I’m currently swapping back and forth between Dalziel and Pascoe on iPlayer and Ugly Betty on All4. They couldn’t be more different, I watched both of them when they were first shown but have forgotten a lot and am really enjoying them both.

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Have just rewatched series 1 of Sherwood on BBC iplayer. I think there's a second series due out soon. Excellent cast including David Morrissey, Lesley Manville and Robert Glenister. Based on true events in a Nottinghamshire mining village over 2 time periods: the miners' disputes of 1984 and present day. Highly recommended.

Just checked and series 2 of Sherwood is to be aired starting 25th August. It's worth watching series 1 if you missed it.

Oreo, was it George Gently that you were remembering?
We loved those and also Martin Shaw in Judge John Deed

Inspired by another thread I thought I'd just add this on here -

Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams

Really excellent little documentary type series. Not just (or even mainly) about cricket.

Not a series but The Road Dance on BBC iplayer was well worth watching .

blue14 We really enjoyed the first few series of Murdoch Mysteries when it was first shown- thought it went a bit strange after a while, same as most long running series.

I'm watching Dalziel and Pascoe too - I've only ever seen odd episodes before. Enjoying it so far.

If you like detective series Grace an̈d Tower on ITVx are both very good.
I found Macintosh and Dobbs also very enjoyable to.

Thank you JanesandJon - enjoying The Road Dance but started watching it too late last night and so will watch today or tomorrow now. Thanks for suggesting it.